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  • 22 Mar 2016
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March 22, 2016

restrict one's future opportunity set as evidence for sophisticated time-inconsistency. We propose an additional mechanism that may contribute to the demand for commitment technology: the desire to signal to others. We present a field... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 29

  Publications August 2013 Journal of Financial Economics X-CAPM: An Extrapolative Capital Asset Pricing Model By: Barberis, Nicholas, Robin Greenwood, Lawrence Jin, and Andrei Shleifer Abstract—Survey evidence suggests that many View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 12

are not always made in a competitive Darwinian contest. Instead, a few investors make decisions that are impacted by incentive, agency, and coordination problems, often before a new idea even has a chance to compete in a market. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

predictions. We empirically show that more sophisticated investors screen loans differently, and systematically outperform less sophisticated investors. However, the... View Details
  • 08 Dec 2015
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December 8, 2015

Devices By: Exley, Christine L., and Jeffrey K. Naecker Abstract—Previous research often interprets the choice to restrict one's future opportunity set as evidence for sophisticated time inconsistency. We propose an additional mechanism... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 18

http://www.people.hbs.edu/asunderam/mmmf_2013-12-24_with_names.pdf August 2013 Accountancy Futures The Investor Conundrum By: Eccles, Robert G. Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 31, 2007

driving force of capitalism. Described by John Kenneth Galbraith as "the most sophisticated conservative" of the twentieth century, Schumpeter made his mark as the prophet of incessant change. His vision was stark: Nearly all... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 May 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

George Serafeim Abstract—We examine if, and under what conditions, disclosure of sustainability information identified as investor relevant by market-driven innovations in accounting standard setting is associated with stock prices... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 30 May 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

the Deutsche Bank): "My son, the clerk." In the nineteenth century, the elder DuPonts also had trouble initiating a more sophisticated managerial organization—so it is not just an autocratic "German" quality, but one... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Aug 2016
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August 30, 2016

for Commitment Devices By: Exley, Christine L., and Jeffrey K. Naecker Abstract—Previous research often interprets the choice to restrict one’s future opportunity set as evidence for sophisticated time inconsistency. We propose an... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009

the board of directors to help improve the management of the business. When these negotiations failed, Biglari launched a proxy fight against Friendly in 2007. While these two activist investors shared similar objectives, they worked... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 29

  Working PapersLocal Dividend Clienteles Authors:Bo Becker, Zoran Ivkovich, and Scott WeisbennerNBER Working Paper Series, No. 15175, July 2009 Abstract We exploit demographic variation to identify the effect of dividend demand on firm payout policy. Retail View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008

Europe just 18 months before as vice president, investor relations, but sees herself as a fine executive. Thus, she is undecided about taking a senior staff position. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 3

role of financial intermediaries. In the private equity setting, institutional investors are increasingly eschewing intermediaries in favor of direct investments. To understand the trade-offs in this setting, we compile a proprietary... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Mar 2016
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March 15, 2016

governments by oil and gas firms, and negative stock price reactions for affected firms at the announcement of regulations mandating disclosure. This suggests that sample firm managers and their investors perceive that there are private... View Details
  • 21 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 21

ratings play an important role in the financial system, but investors and regulators who use ratings cannot easily verify their quality, and ratings are paid for by the firms whose bonds are rated. The provision of quality ratings is at... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009

sophisticated safeguards such as an independent ethics committee and a "whistle blower" system for employees concerned with the company's practices. In less than two decades, Sydney IVF grew from just four employees to over 200,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 17

Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA)'s decision to enter the retirement market with their new "Dimensional Managed DC" product, a complete retirement solution that aimed to provide investors with what they really wanted: the same... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 19 Feb 2014
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Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers

Street Journal's "Abreast of the Market" column, Parsons found that even savvy investors are susceptible to influence, in a way that can have real effects on the stock market. "Even the most View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Information; Publishing
  • 15 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

Publication:Review of Financial Studies 22, no. 10 (2009): 4129-4156 Abstract Many investors purchase their mutual funds through intermediated channels, engaging and paying brokers or financial advisors for fund selection and advice. We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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